Is Trump's tariff war a mad genius?

[Stompix]

Exactly!
But, you just said it, they only need to sell two instead of three, so instead of having three hundred workers, they will do with two hundred!
So, what happens to the one hundred that are no longer needed?

Why are you missing the simple math again and again?

Let's say they were exporting three shirts for $6.
Due to high tariffs, they will export two shirts and charge the same $6. Now they are exporting less, but making the same amount of money. They will sell the remaining shirts to another country and make extra revenue.

Bruh, how in the name of god are you going to create that additional demand in other countries?
That's the thing, demand will not explode anywhere else just because Americans will buy less.

Are you going to buy twice as many shirts as previously? Is anyone in the world going to buy an extra pair of jeans that they never bought before, just because America buys less?
Are you going to use twice as many condoms a year just because the US stopped importing them? 

Who is going to buy those products that Americans don't want anymore?
China exported half a trillion to the US, the entire GDP of Africa is 2.5 trillion, to replace that, you will need Africans to consume 20% extra and only from China, where are they going to get that money from?

A decade ago China had a spat with the US over pork, we in Europe got the short stick of it, overproduction and no market, we could have prayed just how you're now that suddenly Europeans would eat twice as much pork or....did what we all do and that is downsizing.

Basically, the people of the USA are going to face the consequences, not the country that are going to export products to the USA. Is it too hard to understand? If you are from the USA, wait and you will understand in a few months. 

I'm not from the US, I am from Europe, and I know pretty much what a trade war means, but anyhow, you're on.
Btw
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/16/trade-war-fallout-china-freight-ship-decline-begins-orders-plummet.html
Why is freight collapsing since products would just be redirected to other markets?
Cause ...they aren't.

[God Of Thunder]

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Well, to make things easier, let's say the demand won't increase suddenly, and Bangladesh cannot export to another country. But as I said in my previous post, they would export two shirts instead of three due to the high tariff and sell them for $6. It was $2 each before, but now it's $3 each. So, it is the people of the US who are going to spend more money, not the country that is going to export the products there. Remember, the cost of production won't increase in Bangladesh because of the tariff. The cost will decrease because they won't have to produce three shirts now.

[MUGNIA]

all the governments get more money and all the regular people pay more.
Trump is actually bailing out all the governments in the world. plus everyone blames him as the sin eater.

Yup, the genius on it.
How about we do this, we just introduce a VAT of 90000%, so with every bread you buy you pay the government $1000 in taxes, all the state debt is gone in a year and then we are all happy. 

Yes, I'm happy if the rates are suitable, but what about developing countries, will they be financially secure, especially if the commodities sent or received are not comparable to the existing taxes?